'' The Early Years'' is a 2004 compilation album by the British
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock music, but their musical style has changed over the course of its existence. Ori ...
. This is a compilation of material released in 1968 and 1969 and includes unreleased mixes and new mixes of tracks from the same period.
Track listing
# "And the Address" (remix) ''
( Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord)'' – 4:33
# "
Hush" (monitor mix) ''
( Joe South)'' – 4:11
# "
Mandrake Root" ''
(Blackmore, Rod Evans
Roderic Evans (born 19 January 1947) is a British former singer.
In the late 1960s, he began his professional career in The Maze, formerly MI5, after which he was a member of the original Deep Purple line-up, who produced three studio albums ...
, Lord)'' – 6:09
# "
I'm So Glad
"I'm So Glad" is a Delta blues-style song originally recorded by American musician Skip James in 1931. Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft notes "This spiritual probably dates back to the beginning of the blues".
Blues writer Stephen Calt describes ...
" (remix) ''
( Skip James)'' – 6:19
# "
Hey Joe" (remix) ''
(Billy Roberts
William Moses Roberts Jr. (August 16, 1936 – October 7, 2017) was an American songwriter and musician credited with composing the 1960s rock music standard "Hey Joe" (of which the best-known version is the hit by The Jimi Hendrix Experience).
B ...
)'' – 7:13
# "
Kentucky Woman" (alternate take) ''
(Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adul ...
)'' – 5:30
# "Listen, Learn, Read On" ''
(Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Ian Paice)'' – 4:01
# "Shield" ''
(Blackmore, Evans, Lord)'' – 6:03
# "Wring That Neck" (BBC session) ''
(Blackmore, Lord, Nick Simper, Paice)'' – 4:40
# "Anthem" ''
(Evans, Lord)'' – 6:28
# "The Bird Has Flown" ''
(Evans, Blackmore, Lord)'' – 5:32
# "Blind" (remix) ''
(Lord)'' – 5:28
# "Why Didn't Rosemary?" ''
(Blackmore, Lord, Evans, Simper, Paice)'' – 5:01
# "
Lalena" (instrumental version) ''
(Donovan
Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...
)'' – 5:09
Personnel
Deep Purple
*
Rod Evans
Roderic Evans (born 19 January 1947) is a British former singer.
In the late 1960s, he began his professional career in The Maze, formerly MI5, after which he was a member of the original Deep Purple line-up, who produced three studio albums ...
– lead vocals
*
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
*
Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
*
Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals
*
Ian Paice – drums
Additional personnel
* Produced by Derek Lawrence
* Engineered by Barry Ainsworth
* Digitally remastered and remixed by
Peter Mew
Peter Mew is a retired British music audio engineer. He worked at Abbey Road Studios, where he was the senior mastering engineer. He came to Abbey Road in 1965 as a tape operator and has since worked with many artists at the studio. Kevin Ayers of ...
at
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music c ...
, London
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Early Years (Deep Purple Album), The
2004 compilation albums
Albums produced by Derek Lawrence
Deep Purple compilation albums
EMI Records compilation albums